Page 11 - Reflect DSM (City of Des Moines, IA)

While framed as a "training", this meeting
was an opportunity to discuss the project
and the objectives of the OCC as a key
part of the community engagement
strategy.

From late fall 2022 to early 2023, each
OCC member conducted a series of Figure 5. Plan Advisory Committee members attend the first
interviews, averaging at approximately meeting held in June 2022. (Source: KKC)
10 per member. During these interviews,
OCC members sat down with individuals or
small groups in their community to discuss
the City's historic preservation program. A
series of questions helped guide the OCC's
conversations with community members,
and they reported results (anonymously)
through a survey tool. Questions were
similar to those asked during the fall Figure 6. Plan Advisory Committee members and Outreach
Coordinator Cohort members attend the first joint meeting held in
community-wide public survey and asked April 2023. (Source: Stacey Hanley)
people to reflect on what is important in
Des Moines; impressions of the existing
historic preservation program; tangible
and intangible resources that have been
lost or almost lost; ideas and ways to
celebrate tangible and intangible resources
in the community; and a vision for historic
preservation in Des Moines.

Upon completion of the interviews, a
debrief meeting was held with the project
team and OCC to hear more about the
interviews, both regarding the information Figure 7. Plan Advisory Committee members and Outreach
collected and the success of the interview Coordinator Cohort members attend the final joint meeting held
in June 2023. (Source: Stacey Hanley)
method.
Following interview completion, OCC
members continued to participate in the
project by reviewing draft Plan documents
to ensure feedback from the interviews was
adequately represented and addressed.

Joint meetings with the AC and OCC
were held in April 2023 and June 2023
for the two groups to meet and share
feedback received over the course of
the Plan process and to review draft
recommendations and the final Plan
document.

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